Maintenance Supervisor - food/beverage

Maintenance Supervisor
Location: USA
Department: Maintenance

Company Overview:
Throughout our decades of success and growth, we have remained committed to our mission and values. These principles unite our people and guide all that we do, ensuring we continue to innovate and maintain excellence in every aspect of our operations.

A Typical Day:
The Maintenance Supervisor is responsible for the effective execution of all maintenance and projects within the plants at HCC, ensuring smooth operations, minimizing downtime, and maintaining a safe working environment. This position plays a crucial role in supporting the plant operations and achieving high-quality, low-cost objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the development of a highly skilled, well-trained, and engaged maintenance team.
• Ensure a safe and effective working environment for all maintenance team members.
• Manage and oversee that all maintenance tasks are completed economically, efficiently, and safely.
• Conduct daily team meetings covering safety topics and weekly meetings focused on equipment, processes, and plant expansion.
• Review planned job packages for completeness and accuracy.
• Refine and finalize labor, parts, and priorities for all tasks to optimize maintenance operations.
• Plan and schedule preventive and predictive maintenance activities to ensure the continuous operation of equipment.
• Assign maintenance tasks to mechanics at the start of each shift and throughout the day, ensuring that schedules are adhered to.
• Make tactical decisions to keep maintenance tasks as close to the schedule as possible while addressing any issues that arise.
• Follow up with mechanics to identify opportunities for improving planning and job methods.
• Provide detailed reports on downtime issues, promoting proactive responses and improvement practices.
• Assist in maintaining the storeroom, shop, and Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
• Use SAP to create and close work orders, enter equipment data, track inventory, and train mechanics on the proper use of the SAP system.
• Foster effective "partnering" relationships with all Operations personnel.
• Provide and promote excellence in customer service both internally and externally.
• Maintain "On-Call" status to address emergency maintenance issues when required.

What You Will Need:

• High School Diploma with 4 years of related experience, or an Associate's degree with 3 years of related experience, or a Bachelor's degree with 1 year of related experience.
• Availability to work weekends, holidays, and rotating shifts (days/swings/graveyard).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Software (Word, Excel, and Outlook).
• Ability to lift up to 60 lbs.

What Will Put You Ahead:

• Bachelor's degree with 2 years of related experience or a Master's degree in a related field.
• SAP knowledge and experience using the system for work order management and inventory tracking.
• Previous experience leading a maintenance team.
• Tactical knowledge of production operations and experience reading P&ID diagrams and technical manuals.

Click Apply if you have a food and beverage background and are looking for a new role.